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@spencerjohnson.xyz
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Musician, actuary, liberal, vegan. Opinions are mine, not my employer's

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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 13/10/2026
I can't say the Numbeo quality of life formula used in the chart sounds especially credible, if this point from the Criticism section of their Wikipedia page is accurate
The main objection to the index is methodological. Anyone with an internet connection can submit a rating, so the sample is neither random nor representative, and it varies enormously in size from one city to another. A country's score can therefore diverge sharply from what mortality rates, life expectancy or clinical audits would suggest. Numbeo describes the index as reflecting the perceptions and experiences of its contributors rather than measured outcomes.
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 08/10/2026
Well, I can now confirm that Kacey Musgraves's flying disco ball truck nuts are just as absurd in person as they are in pictures. 10/10, no notes
A woman sitting on a giant pair of disco ball truck nuts hanging from the ceiling
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 06/10/2026
Great album, and that song in particular is amazing, check it out if you haven't already!
Before playing her song “True Believer” — from her latest album Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party — the singer also typically makes a statement onstage that “the greatest threat to American democracy is Christian nationalism.”
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 01/10/2026
"My VR company hasn't built an immersive VR game, but we did strap some explosives to a headset"
“The good news is that we are halfway to making a true NerveGear. The bad news is that so far, I have only figured out the half that kills you,” Luckey said. In SAO, the NerveGear kills players with a microwave emitter. According to Luckey, the device’s creator  “was able to hide from his employees, regulators, and contract manufacturing partners. I am a pretty smart guy, but I couldn’t come up with any way to make anything like this work, not without attaching the headset to gigantic pieces of equipment.”
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 30/09/2026
Should I have used a larger pot? Will this boil over and make a mess? Do I have any regrets about my choices? Yes, maybe, no. Hoping for fall weather soon, even if it was in the 90s here today!
Pumpkin shaped Dutch oven on the stove, almost completely full of lentil soup
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 29/09/2026
Why have we been arguing about Choosin' Texas for days instead of discussing the fact that Taco Bell for some reason currently has an Olivia Rodrigo branded Baja Blast flavor?
Picture of Olivia Rodrigo drinking a bright pink drink and sitting on a Taco Bell counter
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 14/09/2026
Can't beat the WuShock for a mascot, lol
Wichita state mascot--a anthropomorphic bundle of wheat
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 13/09/2026
And yet, it's somehow less ridiculous than the previous version
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 21/08/2026
Geographic center of the U.S. is in middle of nowhere South Dakota. They can use one of the somewhat more convenient population centers instead if they stop insisting that land can vote
Map of the geographic, mean population, and median population centers of the U.S.
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 17/08/2026
What did y’all think Crazy meant? vibes? papers? essays? losers.
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 05/08/2026
Introducing my new product: toupees for cats
Calico cat with a clump of orange cat hair on her headOrange cat with a clump of his own hair on his head
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 10/07/2026
Replace "talks" with "dresses" and you can throw Neal Katyal on the list too
Picture of Neal Katyal, an adult man wearing a propeller beanie and a chain necklace with a screaming head sculpture hanging from it
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 16/06/2026
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 02/06/2026
The face of someone who wants a bite of yogurt (which he would hate)
An orange cat mid-meow on a desk behind a neon colored keyboard and below a monitor
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 02/06/2026
The student run *what* club? Tbh I can't say I wouldn't have joined when I was an undergrad, so I shouldn't poke too much fun at it, but it's still quite a funny thing to see in an email from LinkedIn
Preview of an email from LinkedIn with title "Pomona College recently posted" and preview text "The student-run Luddite Club promote..."
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 27/05/2026
For example:
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 26/05/2026
Rest in Peace, Sonny Rollins. One of the greats. Putting this one on next
Picture of the vinyl record Sonny Rollins plus 4, the four being Clifford Brown, Max Roach, Richie Powell and George Morrow
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 24/05/2026
When the cat insists on being sort of nearby, but not *that* close
An orange cat on a pink couch, looking mildly perturbed
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 22/05/2026
Well-adjusted people using this app (couldn't be me)
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 19/05/2026
I've been enjoying Yellowbird Garlic Shiitake lately!
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 16/05/2026
Also, according to the comments, it's somehow contributed to at least one pregnancy!
My baby daddy use to sing this to me in high school. I thought he was lame af. Seven years later we gotta kid smfh. Guess I like my eggs fertilized lol.
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 16/05/2026
Got a free sample of a second type of coffee last time I bought beans, so I'm taking the opportunity to use my cute set of mugs and brewers that change color when exposed to heat!
Picture of two coffee mugs, one with a pourover coffee brewer on top. One has a branch with pink flowers on it, the other has a small bird
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 16/05/2026
Bad news for this website's demographic: KAZI Austin has an "Oldies" show playing music from the 50s through the 90s
Text reading "Oldies (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s & 90s)
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 16/05/2026
This little monster is lucky she's so cute, because she just woke me up at 2am by licking me on the nose!
A white bunny with black spots lays flopped on her side on a grey rug
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 15/05/2026
I do feel like you could get some Gender out of that lineup, given this anecdote from when Bill Evans joined the band
When Bill Evans—we sometimes called him Moe—first got with the band, he was so quiet, man. One day, just to see what he could do, I told him [and you have to hear Miles’ raspy whisper to really appreciate this], “Bill, you know what you have to do, don’t you, to be in this band?”
He looked at me all puzzled and shit and shook his head and said, “No, Miles, what do I have to do?”
I said, “Bill, now you know we all brothers and shit and every­body’s in this thing together and so what I came up with for you is that you got to make it with everybody, you know what I mean? You got to fuck the band.” Now, I was kidding, but Bill was real serious, like Trane.
He thought about it for about fifteen minutes and then came back and told me, “Miles, I thought about what you said and I just can’t do it, I just can’t do that. I’d like to please everyone and make every­one happy here, but I just can’t do that.”
I looked at him and smiled and said, “My man!” And then he knew I was teasing.
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 15/05/2026
On today's Taskmaster, we learn that @kumail.bsky.social is embarrassed to disclose the presence of Bluesky (among other things) in his browser history. Celebrities, they're just like the rest of us!
Picture of Alex Horne looking at a laptop and saying "Kumail, Ghostbusters, watched porn, Bluesky", while Kumail Nanjiani covers his face with his hand
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 14/05/2026
This is just not true and instantly makes me distrust everything else she has to say (and is something the author or editor ought to have fact checked)
Clip from the article where the candidate claims that Texas effectively has no regulation of the insurance industry
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 13/05/2026
Maybe he's taken up Latchkum
Four panels:

1) A alien holds an oblong ball
2) A human holds the same ball and says "So, what this just goes until somebody..."
3) The ball stabs the human's hand, who screams 
4) Two aliens raise their hands in the air and yell "Latchkum!"
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 08/05/2026
Listening to some country covers of pop songs just to spite this guy (and because it's a great album!)
Picture of a record sleeve with a man wearing a white cowboy hat and a pink furry stole.

The artist is Joshua Ray Walker and the title is What Is It Even?
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 05/05/2026
Staryu looks kinda like he's standing on his bottom two "legs" here, maybe Mega Starmie shouldn't have been completely unexpected!
Picture of Mega Starmie, a blue starfish pokemon standing on two legs, which are longer than the others
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 04/05/2026
Jesse Custer would never
A man in clergy attire smoking a cigarette in a church pew, resting his feet on the pew in front, with stained glass windows in the background
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 03/05/2026
It's somehow even worse, it was revenge on an executive for punishing him for sexual misconduct, which incidentally resulted in a pay cut
Investigators learned from another EgyptAir pilot that Al-Batouti was supposedly reprimanded for repeated inappropriate behaviour with female guests at the Hotel Pennsylvania, a New York City hotel often used by EgyptAir crews. Hatem Roushdy, the EgyptAir official said to be responsible for the alleged reprimand, was a passenger on Flight 990. Investigators confirmed that shortly before the flight, Roushdy revoked Al-Batouti's privilege of flying to the United States and informed him that Flight 990 would be his last on the route.His image as a faithful husband and devout Muslim were tarnished by continuing accusations of sexual improprieties that included exposing himself to teenage girls, propositioning hotel maids and stalking female hotel guests, the transcripts and police reports show.

A few hours before the crash, Rushdy, the senior EgyptAir supervisorial pilot, told Batouty that, because of his sexual misconduct, he would be banned on transatlantic flights to the United States, according to Taha.

The U.S. flights carry prestige and additional pay because of their length.
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 29/04/2026
Media representation for my profession! Granted he's a drug seeking patient, but still probably less embarrassing than that Ben Stiller character
Picture of a doctor slightly smirking and looking at a man in the foreground who's saying "I'm an actuary. It's risk management, stats."
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 28/04/2026
Ah well, about what I expected
Message showing the event has sold out
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 28/04/2026
The joys of trying to buy concert tickets on the internet
Screenshot of a website showing the user is in line to buy Kacey Musgraves tickets, with an estimated wait time of more than an hour
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 21/03/2026
Gotta get this one, with the fried peanuts in the mix
Large jar of Lao Gan Ma Fried Chili In Oil
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 19/03/2026
Dune poster with title "Barbie" and subtitle "(And Ken)"
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 03/03/2026
And, although it's a bit embarrassing to admit, I had this on a T-shirt when I was in high school, back when vocal anti-Walmart sentiment was more of a thing, so I'm probably less inclined than most to shop at Walmart
Bumper sticker reading "Mall Wart: Your Source for Cheap Plastic Crap"
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 07/02/2026
Farside comic with four pictures:

1) A rattlesnake shaking its rattle
2) A pufferfish puffed up
3) A cat with its back arched, tail up, and hair standing on end
4) A man in a trench coat, with an intertwine shaped like an animal around his waist, a boot on his head, and holding a bazooka

The caption reads: How nature says, "Do not touch."
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 07/02/2026
They're leaning into the stereotype here, I see
Reddit post by user Far-Hospital-9961 with the text "Dental work." 33 upvotes.
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 05/02/2026
Sounds like a charming guy! Critical support to Mr. Unabomber, I suppose
Gelernter is known for contributions to parallel computation in the 1980s, and for books on topics such as computed worlds (Mirror Worlds). Gelernter is also known for his belief, expressed in his book America-Lite: How Imperial Academia Dismantled Our Culture (and Ushered in the Obamacrats), that liberal academia has a destructive influence on American society. He is in addition known for his views against women in the workforce, and his rejection of the scientific consensus regarding anthropogenic climate change and evolution.

In 1993 Gelernter was sent a mail bomb by Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber. He opened it and the resulting explosion almost killed him, leaving him with permanent loss of use of his right hand as it destroyed four fingers, and permanent damage to his right eye.
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 25/01/2026
Meme with a picture of an aide whispering in George W. Bush's ear, to tell him 9/11 has happened, with the text "Sir, r/MassiveCock has fallen"
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 10/01/2026
Googled a record I'm considering picking up and got something called "Grokipedia" on the first page of results. Doesn't seem great, given Grok's recent activities!
Screenshot of a website reading:

"Grokipedia v0.2

Fact-checked by Grok 6 days ago

The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters"
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 03/01/2026
Cable management is my passion
Picture of the underside of a desk, covered in a rats nest of cables
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 03/01/2026
I don't think it's bad, but it does make you look a bit like a less grey Monsignor Wicks from the latest Knives Out
Picture of Monsignor Wicks, the priest from the third strange things, a priest with long grey hair and beard, in purple robes, at a dark wood pulpit
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 01/01/2026
So far neither has taken an interest in the walkman
Picture of a cat toy shaped like a tape player, labeled "Meow Mix"
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 01/01/2026
His sister got a tamagotchi
Two cats looking at a tamagotchi shaped cat toy
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 01/01/2026
Bought my child his first cell phone
Picture of an orange cat playing with a pink cellphone shaped toy and meowing indignantly
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 07/12/2025
Fun fact: a molting bunny can contain up to a full bunny's worth of hair, but they get very offended if you point that out
Picture of a black and white bunny next to a very large pile of fur
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Spencer @spencerjohnson.xyz · 06/12/2025
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